Broadband mode scramblers for few-mode fibers based on 3D printed mechanically induced long-period fiber gratings
Broadband mode scramblers for few-mode fibers based on 3D printed mechanically induced long-period fiber gratings
We present simple, low loss and broadband mode scramblers for mode division multiplexed (MDM) transmission based on few-mode fibers. By simply shortening the length of the long-period fiber grating (LPFG), the optical bandwidth is significantly enhanced and >260 nm bandwidth is predicted in our simulations with a grating length of 0.613 cm. In an experimental demonstration we fabricate a mechanically induced LPFGs using a commercially available 3-dimentional (3D) printing technique and wideband operation is confirmed over the C band with a low loss (0.2 dB) and low mode dependent loss (0.1 dB).
3D printing, Bandwidth, Couplings, Few mode fibers, Fiber gratings, Gratings, Optical fiber devices, Optical fibers, Three-dimensional displays, mode division multiplexing, mode scramblers
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Huang, Xin
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Jung, Yongmin
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Liu, Yaping
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Harrington, Kerrianne
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Richardson, David J.
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20 January 2022
Huang, Xin
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Jung, Yongmin
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Liu, Yaping
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Harrington, Kerrianne
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Richardson, David J.
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Huang, Xin, Jung, Yongmin, Liu, Yaping, Harrington, Kerrianne and Richardson, David J.
(2022)
Broadband mode scramblers for few-mode fibers based on 3D printed mechanically induced long-period fiber gratings.
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 34 (3), .
(doi:10.1109/LPT.2022.3144370).
Abstract
We present simple, low loss and broadband mode scramblers for mode division multiplexed (MDM) transmission based on few-mode fibers. By simply shortening the length of the long-period fiber grating (LPFG), the optical bandwidth is significantly enhanced and >260 nm bandwidth is predicted in our simulations with a grating length of 0.613 cm. In an experimental demonstration we fabricate a mechanically induced LPFGs using a commercially available 3-dimentional (3D) printing technique and wideband operation is confirmed over the C band with a low loss (0.2 dB) and low mode dependent loss (0.1 dB).
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Accepted/In Press date: 2022
Published date: 20 January 2022
Keywords:
3D printing, Bandwidth, Couplings, Few mode fibers, Fiber gratings, Gratings, Optical fiber devices, Optical fibers, Three-dimensional displays, mode division multiplexing, mode scramblers
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Local EPrints ID: 454370
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/454370
ISSN: 1041-1135
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